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Usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet services9 e' s6 X6 i1 Y- G9 C
发件人:Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca;(由 bounce-522989-3039171@synergis.ic.gc.ca 代发)
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Dear Sir or Madam: 4 x- z, A; F& m% ?' S
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Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding usage-based billing (UBB)/ }3 c) Y5 V9 L- f7 B
for Internet services. It is essential that I hear the views of Canadians
! s7 c0 N. J1 z- Y3 C ion the issues that matter. Prime Minister Harper and I have been clear
1 e5 m5 O5 E( q1 z) c( x; othat we cannot support imposing a UBB business model on wholesale Internet
3 c c* n$ ~) S( g1 C" ]service providers.
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Our government recognizes that the Internet and digital technologies are, }# Q* B4 d' b* b% o
an increasingly important part of everyday life—including driving
4 F% W% A- h6 O l% vinnovation, commerce and social interaction. As the government develops
3 ?$ G7 v3 p: K! l: M/ ]9 HCanada’s first comprehensive Digital Economy Strategy, we need to look {. R& Z3 ?# u0 I* g% _
carefully at how issues like UBB affect the big picture. We will be
0 }' n: }! |; V# u( \% oguided by our long-standing policies of encouraging competition and' U$ U6 _+ p5 {1 o1 X& G
investment, increasing consumer choice, minimizing regulation and allowing e+ w2 d/ x9 b) J S
market forces to prevail.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has/ J* J! n) ^- o$ V$ G. W$ R0 F" d
chosen to examine these concerns that the government shares with a large9 A6 l( r. G. A3 W
number of Canadians. Details of the CRTC consultation are available at: C k5 F. [+ ~% b9 p0 U: ~) c0 @
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110208.htm. # d+ j/ `# g1 I4 Y1 Z5 s$ A
0 m1 o; _ m1 J$ `7 ^' n+ ~When the CRTC reaches a final decision following its consultations, the( N4 s, d e+ }9 t; R) j- P' v
government will carefully assess the CRTC position to ensure that it is in
9 Q0 O4 J3 o3 d- u5 {' Lline with the best interests of Canadian consumers and encourages
5 H, u5 Y/ o3 k! n) Ucompetition among internet service providers. I will be recommending that
% P9 r5 K( n1 M( J# m0 A. jany decision counter to these foundational principles be reversed.
: o3 _) F! z+ n( \' d' |, @You can find the latest news on the government’s Digital Economy Strategy
# ?: S) `+ q) iand related issues at www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00008.html.( f" i i: ~+ m- |2 O' i2 v; K, ^
3 x% x$ G1 W+ w7 G3 gOnce again, thank you for writing. I trust that this information is
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Yours sincerely,: Q# j% k9 R. Q
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( J( ^8 u! N( \* w9 s) ATony Clement |
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